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  • Title: [Metastatic choriocarcinoma as a cause of hemorrhage in the digestive tract and abdominal cavity].
    Author: Mitták M, Samlík J, Satinský L, Foltys A.
    Journal: Rozhl Chir; 2001 Oct; 80(10):538-40. PubMed ID: 11787207.
    Abstract:
    Authors present a case report of an young woman with metastatic choriocarcinoma. Clinical presentation of the disease was intracerebral bleeding concurring with intestinal bleeding and bleeding from ruptured spleen according to metastatic spread. Physicians firstly didn't think of choriocarcinoma because of small incidence of the disease and long period after the patient's latest pregnancy. At last the aggressive treatment was successful. Authors would like to bring out the reality that the surgeon could be the first who is faced with diagnosis and treatment of serious complications of choriocarcinoma.
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